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IkIlle d by his Hent Friand.

sr. LOUIS, June 23.-W. 7. Grigaby, pro.
prietor Of the Unique sample rooms, Fort
Worth, became hopelessly insane last
night from brooding over financial
troubles. = 4 .. l21I -
He stood leaning on his safe before a
crowd Of friends, toying with 45:calibre
revolver, making elaborate preparations
for suicide, and keeping the crowd at bay
with the revolver, threatening to kill sny
one that approached. N ::
D. B. Kennedy, his best friend, came
into the saloon at the time, and running
toward Grigsby, said: "He shan't be-
allowed to kill himself, poor fellow, I will
save him." Not heeding the command to
halt, Kennedy pressed on and was shot
through the heart. Grigeby realized what
he had done and eauk to the floor help.
less, moaning: "Thc gallows, the psl.
lows-I am going to the gallows." He is
now a raving maniac, 81 zsS57 ~ :.
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HE WON'T COME NORTH
To-, TO he A FAIR ATTRACTION.
Jen Davis Writes Another Letter In Which
He Takos Occns,on TO Deny lIe Favored
y War-lte Says the Flag Order was n
X. Violation ofnil Military Preceden,s !, q,

CHICAGO, June 2S.-An Inter Ocsa,,
special from Danvllle, ILL.,, Gays: The
following letter was received to-day: "
8s BKAuvolR, Miss, June 20.
Col. Phocion Howard; Danuille, ~:
DEAR sIR:-In answer to your letter OF
request by the Danvillo Farmers and
Mechanics 1ustitute that I should deliver
an address at it's fair, reply as did last
year. Some years ago I delivered on ad.
dress at the Winnebago County Fair, and
was received with great courtesy. There
l was among frienda for my memory
went back to the months Of June, July
and August, 1882, when, ss a lieutenant
upon the staff Of COL, Zachary Taylor. 4
was stationed at Prairie Du Chieu, or
Fort Crawford as 1t was then known, and
during the memorable and historic Black
Hawk war, 1t was my good fortune to
help In protecting the pioneer settlers OF
that country whose, descendents l spoke
Ia. at Rockford. 1@72E 80
/ cannot como to Illinois this year.
Thanking the association through you. /
have only to say, as naid last Suptember,
In an open letter to Col. j. I. Scharr, OF
Baltimore, that | deny charges made
against me by General William 7. Sher-
man in which he says I was foremost in
encouraging the late war. I aay to you,
my deal Colonel, that + did ali in my
power to prevent the late war, and that 1
mover looked for, nor sspired to the post
ofchief executiveo the Confederates statee.
/ may say that the order OF the War
Department to return the captured flags
to the late Confederate States was VIC.
lation Of all known military precedents.
You will find in my history Of the late
war that there were but twenty.six regi-
mcnta of regular troops in the army Of the
North, and q total Of $50 Confederate flags
captured. 1t is questionable II these
twenty.six regiments captured fifty. The
flags were captured by the volunteer army
OF the North, and belong to the several
States and have no right to be in tho Ma
fionat Nopifo) -,frt1 ~ sl ". .7 .gr. .-.rH .
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TH= scheme to control the petroleum
coke Of the country in order to corner
carbon points used in electric lighting, is
on highly promising basis. The Stand.
ard Oh! Company controls nearly, but not
quite, all the raw material. But the fact
that the Standard does not control all the
petroleum coke nor quite all the petroleum,
may encourage other manufacturing con-
Germs not to abandon the carbon point
trade without seeking their raw material
outside Of the Standard. There may be
enough smaller concerna to keepSa few
carbon'point factories running, and the
electric light companies might like to
have Independent establishments to turn
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THE OLD TIME GAIT.
WHEELING STRUCK IT YESTERDAY
And Pounded out n We'll Earned Victory
Over Akron-Cinrks Shows up Well In tho
liox for tho Homo Team -kalnmn.
,af zoos Escape mt " Nsteubenvillo.

Wheeling who Is fighting Akron to re-
gain third place, which Akron gobblet
up curing the Green Stockings disastrou,
trip abroad, met her enemy yesterday al
ternoon at the Island Ball Park and wrest
ed fine victory from the Ohio boys
Irwin, who has proved such puzzler fol
Wheeling, pitched his usual strong game
and in the first four innings the home club
did not get man past first base, while
Akron hit Clark pretty freely, scoring in
the second and in tho fourth innings.
Both teams helded In fine form. In the
first inning Dunn struck q foul to left.
Bruley started after 1t but no one thought
ho would get It. Nevertheless he did
after a hard run, and was loudly applaud.
cd for the feat. In the same inning 1t
looked as II Akron would score, Only
one man was out and there was runner
on third, who was looking very wistiully
at the home plate. The batter hit the
ball to short center which Nichols can.
tured after hard run. 1t was then that
the man on third struck out for home
but the beautiful throw of Nichols to
Stencil cut of his aspirations, as he died
at the plate. '2g. II : =,
Wheeling came TO the bat in the fiith
with tho score standing 2 to 0 against her.
Bell made a neat base hit past second,
burelarized. that bag and came home on
Clark's terrific two bagger to center. One
more run was scored in the sixth and
Akron having been blanked, the score
was tied. CLARK improved in his speed
and the visitors only succeeded in making
one hit of him during the rest of the
game. Wheeling had good chance to
score in the seventh, having two men on
bases, but the batters were not equal to
the occasion. In the eighth Wheeling
did some good work with the stick. After
one run was scored and the bases filled,
Bell pounded the sphere to right bringing
in two men. This ended the run getting
f5r Wheeling. Akron scored one run in
her hslf Of the eighth, and came danger.
ously near getting few more, but sharp
fielding prevented this disaster, Both
sides were blanked in the ninth, IL 7s7,
The contest was one OF the most inter.
esting Been on the grounds, and from the
score one can SEE that both teams PLAYED
good ball, and that it was no disgrace to
be deteated. Clark, who pitched in the
first Kalamazoo game, showed up in bet.
ter form yesterday, while Stencil gave
him good support, and Crogan, Clark and
Bell carried oil the batting honora. The
latter gave fine exhibition Of base run
ming. having deliberately stolen six bases.
Mr.. Barer gave eminent satisfaction in his
decisions, although that part Of the audi
ence that was partial disagreed with him
in one close decision. He is conscien.
tious man and knows his business.
About five hundred delighted people
cav the game, including fair number OF
ladies. The Same clubs plsy to-day. Fol-
lowing Is the ecore: ~ a, "
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steubenrslle Herald Of yesterday. 5 ~
The clothing found near New Cumber.
!and, an account of which was published
in the Herald yesterday, was discovered
on the Freeman farm, one milo south OF
New Cumberland, and not near HOLIDAYS
Cove, as was stated. The finders were
two men named Hackathorn and Ballen.
tine, both responsible parties, and the
clothes were discovered q day or two after
the McWha murder. Parties who have
inspected the garments asy there are stains
OF some character on the articles, but it Is
not at all certain that they are blood
Stains. One gentleman says the marks
4 iook *, to him Ike that OF oil or grease, and
it will take the services Of an expert to
decide the question. The Grand jury
meets on Monday next; as there is yery
little business before 1t the Baker case viii
be reached almost Immediately. Mr..
COOK, Of this city, one Of the counsel for
the defense, will 90 to New Cumberland
on Monday. '',,-i'i Z, i; > -
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Bauer is the right.bower Of umpirea.
Kalamazoo had mighty close call al
steubenville yesterday. .}3llsg, q
SNOW you have struck your old time
gait, boys. You can play ball when you
try" 80
Mallory and Dunn will divide the bat.
terry work in to.day's game, and Bailey
will catch. i. 81
The Zanesville club are very petulant
when they are defeated. 1t is always the
umpire's fault. .E"|',
Bell once in q while chimes in on coach.
ing, and his ringing voice can be heard
ali over the field. & 5;.25t Il
3 1t Is about time that the Green Stock.
ings were getting new suits, or e!ee lie in
bed while the ones they have are washed.
{ The Columbus team took three strsiphte
from the Mans6eldH and in each game II
ecored eight runs, the scores being 8 to s,
to and s to 6. ,51 :, 5 4
President Deegan, Of the Wheeling club,
is here after Bishop. Pitlsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph. Two mistakes. The Presiden,
Of the Wheeling club Is not named Dee.
gan, and President Sceley Is at present il
Michigan. 3L,lSIT
Tickets Of admission to the Island Ball
Park will be on sale hereafter at Meder
Brothers' cigar store, under the McLnre
House, and parties desiring to avoid the
crowd Ut the ticket Office can be- accommo.
dated there. i 5,I7 Al
| Yaekel, tho Pittsburgh boy who PLAYED
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A FATAL ACCIDENT
On tho Baltimore j. Ohio Railroad In Pros

On tho Baltimore i Ohio Isailroad In Pros.
als,-f ton County. S ai
There was an accident on the Baltimore
& Ohio road near Terra Alta, Preston
county, this State, Wednesday morning,
that resulted in the death Of one person
and injured several others. The train was
the express No. Q, east bound. AS it was
rushing past Snowy Greek Station, about
three miles east Of Terra Alta, 1t. was
thrown from the track, 1t ia supposed by
broken rail. A bad wreck was the re-.
Hult, but strange to relate, only
one person was killed and that was
an unknown tramp, who was stealing
q ride. The postal clerk, Bal.
timore man, WAS badly cut and bruised BY
being thrown against water cooler. Ae
eoon as possible cara were sent to the
scene from Cumberland, new train made
up, transfers Of baggage and passengers
made and the train went through about
iour hours late. Mrs. stayner, Of Bloom.
ington, Illinois, who was greatly affected
by the shock Of the accident, was taken to
the Queen City Hotel at Cumberland, but
her case is not regarded as seriouu. The
other injured passengers went on through
to the East. ,,EJigT5 .F5s ~ lgJ.1l o
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TO#A DUNGEON CELL.
Yesterdays GREAT SENSATION
Iii the Fidelity Bank ,Iniquity..The Bonds.
men Of Harper and lIopkio. aurrendor
NJ Them, and Iieing Unable to Obtain
b. New Ones, aro Takcn to jail. s|

CINCINNATI, June 23.-Mr. Do Camp
who has been named 90 receiver OF tht
Fidelity Bank, will probably decline to &C
cept, aa 1t would compel him to give w
his present connection with vha Metropol
ltan National Bank. ta-Siil AT
Interest 10 turning to the question o.
what assots can be made available for the
debts Of the bank II the President and
Directors can be assessed to tho extent oil
thnlr reserves. 1t will produce abou,
VI, 100000 at q rough estimate. There
have been no further now Developments.
It will necessarily require much time and
labor to mako q thorough examination.
Hon. W. L. Trenholm, Comptroller OF
the Treasury, who arrived this morning,
Says that there Is not such an omjniecence CO
in the governments supervision ns can
always avert catastrophe like that OF
the Fidelity banks fund. He suggests
that II Is hardly fair to expect one man to
know more about the affairs OF the 5000
banks in tho country than 10 kno gn some.
timeB by the officers OF the banks them.
selves. 'g1r' = '}sge -
Tho examination Of the bank in Janu.
aryo showed everything to be all right, SO
when notice Of tho apparent condition OF
the bank with tho Chicago grain deal was
first given In the press, 1t was apparent
that whatever diylsion OF the iundB in
volved was beyond tho power Of an ex-
animation TO prevent. Besides there was
no tangible evidence Of wrong doing to
justify official interference at TINT time.
The only proper course was to direct the
local examiner to remain in Cincinnati
without doing anything 10 iniuie the
standinR Of the bank and be ready to act
at any moment. t6 u. f1Esz s.
MIR. Trenholm was particular in his
statement that the agent had no power to
sppoint receiver, and in this caae there
had been no such appointment. Neither
could any act OF liquidation be done un.
til the receiver was appointed by the
Comptroller Of the Currency and had
given bond. $50
The most sensational feature Of the
day was the surrender late this afternoon
Of E. L. Harper and B. E. Hopkins, by
their suretiea. In order to effect this
Messrs. Harper and Hopkins had to be
brought before the u, S. Commissioner.
Mr.. Harper Was found in tho bank, but
Mr.. Hopkins was taken from the midst OF
bis family. No bondsnen have been
found up to this hour, 10 P. NJ, and the
Commissioner has agreed to wait until
midnight when, II they do not come the
Vice President and Cashier will 70 to Jail.
When midnight had arrived and no
bondsmen appearing Hopkins and Harper
were taken to jail, -fs
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q Divided House.

sE N NEW FORK, june 22S.-It appears that
all il, /, not i, harmony inst at present in the
ranks rank Of tho United Lab6.- party, as fas 80
the Socialists are concerned. R They think
the platform contains too much George.
ism, and at the convention Of the United
Labor party to be held in Saratoga,
August II, efforts will be made TO have q
number Of planks inserted which will be
prepared by tho. SocialiBtic Labor party.
70 prepare for this pamphlet will be
Issued in a day or so by = the National
Executive Committee Of the socialistic
Labor party the author or this Is Law.
renee Gronland, who has written several
works on Socialism. The pamphlet Is an
attack on the theories Of Henry George.
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Dou't TAX. Alucl, stock init.

PlTTspuRau, June 2S.-Iu speaking Of
the dispatch from Nav York, in which II
is reported thst syndicate has been
formed to control the product OF petro.
leum coke and to manufacture carbon
points at nominal figure for electric
light companies who are members, Secre.
tary McGonnigle, Of the Allegheny Light
Company, said this afternoon: = "For sew
eral weeks this question has been agitated
by people very close to tho Standard Oil
Company. Their scheme is to get the in
side on the cost OF petroleum coke and
then make carbons for msmbers and
charge the cost price. There are five or
six companies in the syndicate. was ap.
proeched on the subject Of taking hand,
but We have other contracts. At that
time was not given to understand that
any attempt would be made to control the
carbon point market, and think the re-
port that all the petroleum coke will be
purchased is without foundation" ~
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NEWS IN BRIEF,

Seven Of Jsegsr's ice buildings at Go.
lumbus, O., burned. Loss, SO 900.
Nothing of an important nature was de.
velopsd al the Sharp trial yesterday. I;,{
United States exports for the year end.
Ing May 81 wers S724, ,560, 900; imports,
s6S5, ,342 900. .,&5- Il itat'a q "a /.
U$Atyoung man named Stidmau attempted
to murder P. B. Sewell, prominent far.
meri OF Meige county, 0. Stidman es.
capped. i$SF$f Il :, I, 4, 5Eg, s'
Four daughters and q son Of Adam
Weis, Of Portsmouth, Ohio, were pois.
oned by eating of a dressed ham, and are
quite Ill. 5s5i i2 ~.
Mra. Grover Cleveland and Miss Helen
Smith have beeen chosen the first lady
trustees OF the Board OF Wells Female
Collegs at Aurora, N. Y. "a y
Tho internal revenue receipts for May,
1887, compared with those for May, 1856,
snow an increase OF 81, zoo, 900 from splr.
its and liquors, and Of S224 900 from to.
bacco. tS,5, ,S m, y $si $i siSi.
II William K. Vanderbilt's yacht Alva,
will start from New York on the morning
OF July 2 on cruise around the world,
carrying Mr.. Vanderbilt and party Of
friends. Il. A |.
The farm Of the late Henry Ward
Bsecher has bsen purchased by General
Thomas, the President Of the East Tennes
eos railroad. MIR. Thomas will maintain
1t as a country residence. S z ,3} b
at Yesterdays commencement exerc:set
at Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, John b.
Buchtel, founder OF the college, made az
additional gift to the college Of .$l75,OOO
His entire gifts now amount 10 S4OO. 1000. 5
The special committee to arrange Tor {
convention Of the Republican clubs Il
consider questions pertaining to the mex
Presidential campaign, has issued a circu
lar address to different clubs for the ap
pointment Of FIVE delegates each to con
vention to bo held In New York some tim,
in October or November this year. i,i
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Train Robbsr Captured.

1T. LOUIS, June ga special from San
Antonia, Texas, Gays that Inst night Dep
utles Ellis and Faulkner arrested George
shoafi, a well.known gambler, formerly
Marshal OF Luling, on charge OF being
the train robber leader, Captain Dick,
Marshal Rankin arrived last night with
three men, John Clark, August Smith
and +. Otheo, arrested near Le Grange
and suspected Of being implicated in tho
tlstonis train robbery. 1t is reported
that the officers found the camping placs
OF esyen Of the robbers and obtained clues
which make them confident OF Capturing
the whole gang, 5iT.. =, '".1s e
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Z Wife Poisoner Lyuche,l-

ABERDEEN, Miss, June 2S,-At o'clock
this morning, forty masked men rode into
Kosciusko, proceeded to the jail, over
powered the jailer and took James M.
Webb, white man, to a convenient
place and hanged him. On Sunday last
Webb poisoned his wife, for which he
Was arrested and brought to the jail. The
evidence was strong against him that the
Indignation OF the community was aroused
to the lynching point. i;.t 5ssl51;. ;.ei
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CnrdIpnl simeon, 1yarucd,

VHEUEH3Kt oIEuCUHt VtWKu0us - N 40
NEw YoRK, June 23.-The following is
ac0py Of cablcgram sent to Rome yes
ta,lay: ig :si' -,
Cardinal :Simsoni. Protect Of Propaganda,
Rome: qg1t e. NJ 4 IN, W,
One hundred thousand ! Catholics in
n'SSs meeting in this city, Saturday, June
IS, .hsve denounced tho threatened ex.
conn, 'aication Of Z DR.. McGlynn, with
whom t.Ney are prepared. to stand, and
p,otested .,,xainat eccle1iastical interfer'
ence with the political rights Of American
citizens. 5;S e
JEREMIAH CouanLlN, Chairman. (
JAMES Il. GAuAS, Secretary. 4 49,
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CARBON SYNDICATE
Formed TO Monopolixe tho Carbon Point
Is.l5a Mnrkst-ScOps OF the Scheme, Il

NRw YORK, June 2S.-A meeting was
held in this city yesterday afternoon
which Ia Of direct Importance 10 all elec.
trio light interests, The causos which
led to II have been developing for many
months. S.,5 5a. 4s 1,tsI&5
The electric light industry, 60 far aa arc
lights are concerned, depends directly
upon "carbonB." The consumption OF
these carbons by the various companies
is at present In the neighborhood Of co.
100000 per year. Tho market has been
supplied by two firms in Pittsburgh, three
or four in Cleveland, and two In St. Louis.
These companies two months lgo formed
a combination, and the combination took
charge OF all the factories. The price Of
carbons was suddenly and without warn.
ing raised from $40 to $l2 per thousand to
so and S25. .b.@W1g4a59@. fIG
1t was known that only one raw mater
ial was good Tor much In making electric
light carbons. This is the coke from pc.
troleum and naphtha manufacturing,
Consequently the petroleum coke product
was aeen to be the key Of the situation.
The electric light men got together and
talked the matter over. The proposition
was to take the entire petroleum coke pro-
duct Of the Standard Oh Company aud
manufacture carbons for themselves.
Everybody was found to bs in favor OF
the movement. accompany subscribed
for 1000, 900 carbons per month. Others
subscribed for from 100000 to 100000.
Tho subscriptions were all upon the basis
OF tho old rates, the coat OF the larger sizs
not to exceed SIG ind the emallor In pro-
portion. Then committee WAS appoint.
cd to confer with the Standard Oil Com
pany, and the conference waa held ycster.
day. The compsny's figure for its entire
coke product, 10000 tons per year, was act
at $8 per ton, or 100000 per annum. The
electric light syndicate considered the
offer and will accept 1t as coon as the va.
ricus parties Interested in their syndicate
can signify their consent.
This will eaectually destroy tho bust.
nees Of the Western companies. It will
cut off their supply Of raw material and
leave them no way out OF their dilemma,
since, while. the electric light carbon syn
dicate will probably not use more than
third Of the coke product they will still
control it all. The new carbon factory is
to be in this city. 'A ,Rg'
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A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
A Young Lady Badly Hurt ut the Park
YeBtertlny. Isff.

"a AouhS Lhuy Bauly Hurt ut the Park
Yesterday. ,e5.5,
Last evening pretty bad accident oc-
Cured at the Park. In some manner q
gasoline lamp was Jared of post, and
exploded. A young girl named Katie
Reilly, who is daughter Of we'll known
Baltimore & Ohio engineer, and lives on
Twenty-sixth street, near Market. was
standing near, and frightened by the e1-
plosion and big blazs, ahe either tainted,
or springing quickly backward, stumbled
over aome obstacle, and fell to the ground
on the back OF her head III nd
She did not rise, and her friends rushed
to hcr side and found her unconcious,
She was brought to town on the next Elm
Grove train, and carried from Sixteenth
street 10 her home in Centre Wheeling,
still only half concious. Dr.. Bullard
was summoned, and did what he could for
her. She was reported late last night not
dangerously hurt, but her injuries are SO.
we're. gs,I nIJ .s.i4l f',5.gs.-l5 81, 3 F.s1s
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PRlvArE SECRETARY LAMONT went over
10 Gotham to buy his wife paper Of hair.
pins, and ths political goBsips will have it
that he 10 trying to reset the pins for hia
royal master. "set 'em up for ten
strike" We arc going to have fun with
Mr.. Cleveland. ~ II
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IT isn't bit too early for everybody to
think what he can do to make the Re.
union worthy OF Wheeling. We can
knock Findlay outin one round, and then
hazo something to spare, if we go at it
with spirit. Anybody who may have
shown an ugly spirit will feel decidedly
uncomfortable in the day OF jubilee. z;
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A Sad Suicide.

Samuel Ross, jr., Of West Bethlehem
township, Washington county, Pa, con-
mitted suicide by hanging in a sheen
ahed. He had been informed that he
would probably have to pay a note an
which he was security. He seemed yerv
much disturbed about the matter. and Il i,
supposed that Is what caused him To com. n =.
nit the act. Mr.. Ross was a younp man NJ q =
and leaves vile and two children . S'''1 80